8. Use of E-resouces... by Kale & Kute
ISSN 2231-4431
Use of E-resources for Teaching
and Learning English
Pravin S. Kale
Assistant Professor, PVDT College of Education, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai
Dr.Meena Kute
Principal, PVDT College of Education, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai
Abstract
English is a global language .Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru said that it is a window to the modern world. English is an international language, spoken in many countries both as a native and as a second or foreign language. It is taught in the schools in almost every country on this earth. It is a living and vibrant language spoken by over 300 million people as their native language. Millions more speak it as an additional language. It is a language of knowledge & in India we use this language from the practical point of view. In many states students are poor in learning of English. Teachers should use innovative practices, methods to make the teaching –learning process joyful. This is an age of technology in every aspect of our life technology has occupied a great position .For the teaching learning of English we can use various e-resources. In the present paper such e-resources are introduced.
This website is also useful for the teachers and students of English language .e.g. following types of worksheets are provided on the site.
This website provides online research reports, various phonic games, teacher training, and teacher eligibility test & book store.
11) www.abcteach.com
This website provides various resources for the educators. In 2000, abcteach entered the Internet world as a free educational website for teachers. This is the brainchild of Sandy Kemsley, a Michigan elementary school teacher who was retiring after 26 years in the class. abcteach seemed the perfect way for Sandy to continue communicating her love of teaching and wealth of educational knowledge. Little did she know that her "little website" would evolve into the global educational resource that abcteach has become.
Researchers and writers have contributed on this site .These articles are available for the reference. One can take the abstract but to read the full length paper he has to take subscription of this site. Researcher can contribute his own article for the worldwide publication.
13) Wikipedia.com
WIKI stand for ‘what I know is’ this is a biggest online collaborative encyclopedia. .Teachers can search information on this site even they can contribute by editing the information.
UsingEnglish.com provides a large collection of English as a Second Language (ESL) tools & resources for students, teachers, learners and academics. Browse our grammar glossary and references of irregular verbs, phrasal verbs and idioms, ESL forums, articles, teacher handouts and printable, and find useful links and information on English.
15)www.everythingesl.net/inservices/elementary
This site is to provide practice in English, this website is developed. Lesson plans, teaching tips & many other resources are provided on this site.
16)www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish
Grammar, Pronunciation, new words, crosswords, quizzes all these important aspects of English language are introduced on this site with very interesting way.
17) www.tewt.org
Teaching English with Technology aims to help K-12 English and Language Arts teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses. Teaching English with Technology provides a multitude of free online resources as well as workshops and consultation services via its parent organization EdTechTeacher, Inc., an educational technology professional development provider. EdTechTeacher is also the parent organization of Teaching History with Technology and the award-winning Best of History Web Sites. This website also gives interface for the teachers to write research articles, blogs, books and many more.
18) Teaching English with Technology [Peer Reviewed]
This is a free open access online journal which will definitely help the teachers to get information and innovative practices for the teaching of English in the classroom.
Besides these resources teachers can for e-gropes for the sharing of their innovative practices, projects, promlems and its solutions .Google groups provides this facility.
Conclusion
With the help of these e-resources teaching –learning of English can be made joyful & easy.
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Introduction
Teaching of a foreign language is a big challenge before the teachers .Teaching of English is really a big task for the teachers who teach English subject in Indian scenario because there is a lot of impact of mother tongue on the students and teachers too. One more thing is that there is a phobia among the students to learn a foreign language. 21st century is an age of technology and use of technology can make the teaching-learning of English effective. There are various- resources available which we can use for the teaching –learning of English.
1) Dictionary
Many new models of mobile phones gives access to the Dictionary, even you can download the dictionary which you like e.g. English to Marathi, Marathi to English and so on. Besides the meaning such dictionaries also provide accurate pronunciation of the word .Many times teachers also don’t know the accurate pronunciation of a particular word so such type of dictionary is very useful for the teachers and students. Moreover anytime quickly you can search the meaning of a word and can save your time.
2) Microsoft Encarta
Microsoft a well known software production company has produced learning resources also and Encarta is one of that the information about various branches of study has been given .Literary information, literary works contribution of English authors are provided in a very simple language.
This website is a full of resources .Various activity books ,printable worksheets ,course books ,picture dictionary, video lessons & online classes are also provided on this site . This is really a wonderful site for joyful learning.
Self-learning of grammar is motivated on this site. Along with self-learning group work, peer work is also promoted and such activities are introduced. A quality work booklets are provided on this site.
5) www.foreignlanguageflashcards.com
In India we learn the English language as a second or third language so flash cards are very useful for the direct introduction of unfamiliar words this site provides ample flash cards for the use of teachers.
This website helps to make the teaching learning process joyful. British Council offers English language courses in 80 teaching centers around the world and administering more than two million exams, including our IELTS test in more than 100 countries every year these activities help people around the world improve their education and career prospects. British Council also provides professional development and networking opportunities for teachers and young professionals through three-year English language initiatives in India, China, the Middle East and North Africa. Also work with governments and ministries to develop English language skills and conduct research into the importance of English language skills for developing countries.
You will find also very interesting collaborative online games on this site. Besides this various techniques, videos & projects of English language are also given on this site. Teachers can also refer this site to get update information, researches, experiments in the filed of English language teaching.
This website provides Resources for teachers of young learners. All of the resources are designed to be versatile and useful in many K-6 classrooms. Free flashcards, printable worksheets and handouts to match, phonics worksheets, printable ESL games, a printable project library, and other activities all ready for printing.
This site offers free reading worksheet generators, phonics printable makers, a free spelling worksheet maker, and spelling activity/phonics activity generator.
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